Case report. Unsuspected and widespread colon cancer in a young woman
dos Santos, V.Modesto.; de Carvalho, E.Pereira.Barbiéri.; de Azevedo Cortes, J.; Osterne, E.Misael.Cintra.
Revista Medica de Chile 136(2): 221-224
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-9887 PMID: 18483677 Document Number: 620489
Liver and lung metastasis and local lymph node invasion are reported in a 26-year-old Brazilian woman with an asymptomatic colon cancer. She was admitted complaining of right upper quadrant pain, and the diagnostic procedures revealed an unsuspected adenocarcinoma (stage IV) in the descending colon. This malignancy is more frequent in patients older than 40 years, but it usually follows a more aggressive course in young people. Late detection of colon cancer usually results in worst prognosis